Lois Lowry quotes - page 2

And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future. (Lois Lowry)
Genius disregards the boundaries of propriety. Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive. View quote
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Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting. View quote
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He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance and excitement and peace. View quote
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Take pride in your pain," her mother had always told her. "You are stronger than those who have none. View quote
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It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together. View quote
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Once she read a book but found it distasteful because it contained adjectives. View quote
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It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless. View quote
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It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. View quote
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And they are beginning to realize that the world they live in is a place where the right thing is often hard, sometimes dangerous, and frequently unpopular. View quote
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If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever. (Lois Lowry)
We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others. View quote
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For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps, it was only an echo. View quote
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It's the choosing that's important, isn't it? View quote
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Of course they needed to care. It was the meaning of everything. View quote
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I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid. View quote
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They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that he could not change that for them. View quote
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Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine? View quote
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He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself. View quote
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I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste, in fear, and had brought about their own destruction. View quote
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The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same. "And they lived happily ever after. (Lois Lowry)
It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving. View quote
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That's why they call you Seer. You see more than most. View quote
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People in the know say The Giver was the first young adult dystopian novel. View quote
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Pretending doesn't keep you safe. View quote
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